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Obama promises 'meaningful action' after Newtown school shooting (Obama's Reichstag Fire?)
Guardian UK ^

Posted on 12/14/2012 3:47:30 PM PST by Arthurio

Barack Obama wiped away tears at the White House as he expressed grief over the children killed in the Connecticut massacre and promised "meaningful action" to prevent similar shooting rampages in the future.

Obama has promised to act on gun control after earlier shooting incidents but subsequently done nothing implement any changes. Over the last four years of his presidency, restrictions on guns – in particular concealed weapons – have become more relaxed and gun sales soared.

There have been five major shooting sprees since he has been president, three of them this year. This one is different because the majority of the victims in the school in Newtown are young children, but the most recent opinion polls have shown overwhelming opposition to gun restrictions.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; banglist; democrats; guncontrol; gunfreezone; murderisacrime; newtown; obama; sandyhookobama; sandyhookpolitics; sandyhookshooting; secondamendment; shooting; youwillnotdisarmus
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I don’t give a crap what this pro-abort, detractor of “burdensome babies” thinks about new life. Hell, if the adults were armed, the assailant, Adam, could have had his head blown clean off his shoulders prior to realizing his maniacal goal.


141 posted on 12/14/2012 6:16:05 PM PST by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: Arthurio
I think one of the problems is this lockdown.

In our oldtime school c 1950, every classroom had an exit door.

These kids need to disperse....not make themselves sitting ducks.

If you have a fire...you don't lockdown the school...you get them the hell out of there.

If you have to add one armed guard at every school...so be it.

142 posted on 12/14/2012 6:18:15 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

It used to be a family member could call the mental hospital and they would come and pick them up. Then they’d spend 2-3 weeks evaluating them.


143 posted on 12/14/2012 6:24:18 PM PST by virgil
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To: ought-six

got that right, Roe v Wade but also picking a handful of shrinks and saying homosexuality was not bad any more.

This paved the way to now work on laws and start pushing their agenda.

My wife said the same to you.
Even in her early 80’s at schools no one thought of bringing a gun to school or anywhere and killing lots of people.

society changed since then, morals went away, women were told they do not need a man, kids stopped having first a father and then a mother.
yes the mother might live with them but she was too busy with her life , going to work, going out eating and drinking, getting dates.

One girl at my oldest boys school said the girl every weekend comes down and see a different guy in the kitchen

We see boys being raised as little pansies, they fall over and given a band aid and ice.
We see boys being told it;s alright to be different off mothers and shrinks, hate laws were brought in to protect these kind of whack jobs.
Shrinks said if they think they are a girl it;s ok, etc.

No one has been getting these kind of kids ready for the real world, they went into the world after 19 years of being pampared, not working hard, no rules and then when they fall they can;t handle it so they act out with no respect.

The left and their social policies need to be pointed out as they wanted the family destroyed and this is what happens


144 posted on 12/14/2012 6:26:31 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: KGeorge

I have spent some time around intercity/ghetto types working retail during school. Many were two sided. They had the present “this isn’t too bad” side and then they would start muttering some hate filled rap lyrics to them selves.


145 posted on 12/14/2012 6:29:45 PM PST by matt04
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To: KGeorge

what can we expect when kids are not growing up with no rules, being told they are special and equal, no respect, no hard work ethic etc.

Parents need to be parents but instead the left promoted the destruction of the family, they hated the thought of women having to stay home and raise kids, they hate it if kids have to work hard and support each other.

These kids go into the world not prepped for it, once they fall down they have no idea how to react becasue they were always taught how good they have been.

The media will not mention this as they too are the same.
Get a nanny and day care, get a dog walker instead of getting the kids to walk the dog.
Get a cleaner instead of getting the kids to clean
Go out to eat instead of teaching them to cook and clean up after themselves.

The media will point to guns because it leaves their lifestyle out and because they have their talking points and agenda.

I heard Gretchen carlson on FOX state how she heard a certain movie was a good movie and then said I now know what to do with my kids on Christmas day I’ll take them there.

HUH, You have a day off and you go to the movies on Christmas, how about spending time with the little ones playing with their toys, how about cooking and spending time as a family.
Then she moans about some toy oven not made for her little boy,

In Naples Italy there is a saying, On Christmas you have to be with family on new year you can be with anyone

What we have are spolt lazy snotty kids today who have no respect for anything because they were not raised like that.

I say that not to all kids but many of them.

As for movies and songs, you got that right, when a guy gets shot we saw in John Wayne him fall, today we ave to see blood and guts hanging out.
Teachers who want to be friends , or many of them do.Teachers of all people saying a C is good

Guns , no they have beeb around for hundreds of years, this modern parenting of we’re all equal, put some ice on your little boo boo, boys can not fight, girls don;t need boys,


146 posted on 12/14/2012 6:38:12 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Kenny
"Yep, I fear they will finally win with this one."

NO...don't even start with that crap. Our right to bear arms is clearly defined. Don't start telling the enemy that we have a chink in our armor. Defy, defy, defy...never give an inch. Time to be a rock, not a tumbleweed.

147 posted on 12/14/2012 6:39:21 PM PST by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: KGeorge

what can we expect when kids are not growing up with no rules, being told they are special and equal, no respect, no hard work ethic etc.

Parents need to be parents but instead the left promoted the destruction of the family, they hated the thought of women having to stay home and raise kids, they hate it if kids have to work hard and support each other.

These kids go into the world not prepped for it, once they fall down they have no idea how to react becasue they were always taught how good they have been.

The media will not mention this as they too are the same.
Get a nanny and day care, get a dog walker instead of getting the kids to walk the dog.
Get a cleaner instead of getting the kids to clean
Go out to eat instead of teaching them to cook and clean up after themselves.

The media will point to guns because it leaves their lifestyle out and because they have their talking points and agenda.

I heard Gretchen carlson on FOX state how she heard a certain movie was a good movie and then said I now know what to do with my kids on Christmas day I’ll take them there.

HUH, You have a day off and you go to the movies on Christmas, how about spending time with the little ones playing with their toys, how about cooking and spending time as a family.
Then she moans about some toy oven not made for her little boy,

In Naples Italy there is a saying, On Christmas you have to be with family on new year you can be with anyone

What we have are spolt lazy snotty kids today who have no respect for anything because they were not raised like that.

I say that not to all kids but many of them.

As for movies and songs, you got that right, when a guy gets shot we saw in John Wayne him fall, today we have to see blood and guts hanging out.
Teachers who want to be friends , or many of them do.Teachers of all people saying a C is good

Guns , no they have been around for hundreds of years, this modern parenting of we’re all equal, put some ice on your little boo boo, boys can not fight, girls don;t need boys is the problem,


148 posted on 12/14/2012 6:40:34 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Delta 21

Abortion statistics

Usa

1 baby is aborted every 24 seconds
147 babies are aborted every hour
3542 babies are aborted every day
24,865 babies are aborted every week
107,750 babies are aborted every month


149 posted on 12/14/2012 6:40:40 PM PST by Salamander (If animals could speak, mankind would weep.)
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To: SkyDancer

Today. Well, Friday 12/14 China local time.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-12/14/c_132041044.htm

22 injured instead of dead, but still very similar and without guns.


150 posted on 12/14/2012 6:44:48 PM PST by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com)
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To: ctdonath2

Thanks, just wondering about that other story.


151 posted on 12/14/2012 6:47:21 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: goldstategop

Right. Got a problem? Write another law. Or in Obamagabe’s world give an empty speech and go golfing.


152 posted on 12/14/2012 6:49:20 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: wastoute
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153 posted on 12/14/2012 6:53:46 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Gun laws sure work don’t they.

The government says they do, so we just got have more.

And this Republic seems bound and determined to go along with what the government wants.

154 posted on 12/14/2012 6:59:55 PM PST by oyez (Hell must be a Gun Free Zone.)
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To: MestaMachine

Ping


155 posted on 12/14/2012 7:01:17 PM PST by Salamander (If animals could speak, mankind would weep.)
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To: Mich Patriot
Defy, defy, defy...never give an inch. Time to be a rock, not a tumbleweed.

You're right, sorry.

156 posted on 12/14/2012 7:05:59 PM PST by Kenny (<p)
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To: Arthurio

ban guns but let iran have nukes


157 posted on 12/14/2012 7:08:56 PM PST by dontreadthis
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To: manc
is he going to mention the failed social policies of the left then?

How parents don’;t spend time with their kids, don;t raise their kids and prep them for the real world?

Yep. You are right. Overall, the idea is that from a month after birth, the kid is left in the hands of a daycare center or/and a public school so that Mom can advance her career and Dad can benefit from the extra money coming in.

After leaving the tender, bendable mind in the hands of teachers required to follow the socialistic, soul-deadening humanistic valued syllabus, what do you expect. When they reach their legally "mature" age, can they be trusted with any life-threatening device?

158 posted on 12/14/2012 7:11:41 PM PST by imardmd1
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To: Travis McGee
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159 posted on 12/14/2012 7:16:58 PM PST by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Arthurio

I think a convincing case could be made that violent video games play a big role in these shootings. Semi autos have been around for over 100 years before these mass shootings started. Why have these started in the last 20 years? The difference is the appearance of ultra violent first person shooter videogames that desensitize people to killing. The military even uses these as training tool to get soldiers accustomed to shooting people. You have generation of young people who grew up with these games and shooting realistic looking game characters may their inhibitions to shooting real people.
The left is going to push hard to blame this on guns. I think videogames offer a more convincing explanation that we can use as a strong counter-argument..


160 posted on 12/14/2012 7:22:35 PM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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